FCC Chair slams Twitter for discriminating against viewpoints

The Left is attacking FCC Chair Ajit Pai for ending Obama’s net neutrality regulations. But the FCC Chair noted that existing big tech companies were already a bigger threat to an open internet than relaxing government regulations.

“When it comes to an open internet, Twitter is part of the problem,” Pai said. “The company has a viewpoint and uses that viewpoint to discriminate.”

He pointed to Twitter’s refusal to let U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, advertise a campaign video with an anti-abortion message.

“To say the least, the company appears to have a double standard when it comes to suspending or de-verifying conservative users’ accounts as opposed to those of liberal users,” Pai said.